Stampin’ Up! Christmas Sweet Songbird

 Todays post is another project made from a sketch provided to me randomly by my pal, Barb.  I was a bit concerned about the flagging in the upper corner but soon found a good replacement.  You just never know what I will do with a good sketch. 

My initial thought was birds, but that stamp set is now retired so I went with the music notes.  Of course the Merry Melody embossing folder needed to be be added so I figured I might as well finish it off by making it a Christmas card.  

Old Olive cardbase, regular A2 size.  Piece of Calypso Coral cut at 4x5 1/4.  I stamped the music notes from Sweet Songbirds using Memento ink then embossed using Merry Melody embossing folder.  This is mounted onto the cardbase using Stampin’ Seal.  A strip of Painted Christmas dsp and a banner of Old Olive stamped using Memento and sentiment from Brightest Glow stamp set.  The Old Olive strip is popped up using dimensionals with a couple of Feative Pearls.  The songbird is stamped using Real Red onto a scrap of Basic White and fussy cut.  Eyes are stamped using Memento, a wing is stamped in real red also and fussy cut, then popped up using dimensionals.  His adorable beak is a scrap of Crushed Curry cut using the punch from the bundle which is adhered using Stampin seal.  The entire songbird is popped up also using dimensionals.   Of course the inside is basic white with a sentiment stamped using Memento and a small strip of dsp to finish it




I really like the simplicity of this card but the results are very pleasing.  

Thanks for dropping by, 

Mary Louise

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